![]() ![]() This branch of the Home Guard is led by Teague, whose grandfather once owned much of Cold Mountain. During the war, Ada and Ruby, and other members of their community, have several tense encounters with men who are members of the Home Guard. It is at the Swangers' well that Ada "sees" a vision of Inman coming back to her in the snow along with a flock of crows. They also are friends with the Swangers (James Gammon and Kathy Baker), who live down the road from Black Cove. The two women form a close friendship and become each other's confidantes. ![]() During this time, Ada writes constant letters to Inman in hopes of meeting him again and renewing their romance. Ruby lives at the farm with Ada and together, they take the farm from a state of disaster to working order. Ruby is a young woman who has lived a hard-scrabble life and is very adept at the tasks needed to run the farm. She manages to survive thanks to the kindness of her neighbors, one of whom eventually sends Ruby Thewes (Renee Zellweger) to her. She is completely inept at working the farm, having been raised to become a southern lady and is struggling to survive at the farm. Shortly after Inman leaves, her minister father (Donald Sutherland) dies, leaving her alone on the farm and with little prospect for help, as the young, able-bodied men are off at war. She met Inman on her first day at Cold Mountain, and had a brief romance with him the night before he left for the army. Ada is a city woman who only recently moved to the rural farm named Black Cove. Parallel with Inman's adventures, the film follows Ada's wartime experiences. The lead soldier attempts to rape Sara but is killed along with the other soldier by Inman. Two of the soldiers harass Sara and leave her baby in the cold, though one (Cillian Murphy) attempts to keep the baby warm. Sara rushes Inman away to avoid his being killed, but he hides only a few feet away from the house. ![]() After staying a night with her, three Union soldiers arrive demanding food. He then meets a young widow named Sara (Natalie Portman) who is raising her infant child alone. An old and wizened woman (Eileen Atkins) cares for him and feeds him. While the home guard officers attempt to hide from a group of Union soldiers, Inman is able to escape with a wound. Junior returns home with the Confederate Home Guard and both Inman and Veasey are taken prisoner. Junior leaves the house after the feast, and the women in Junior's family seduce Veasey, and Junior's wife, Lila, tries to seduce Inman. They help a young man named Junior (Giovanni Ribisi) butcher his cow and join him and his family for the feast. After Inman dissuades him, he joins Inman on his journey. On his journey he meets the corrupt preacher Reverend Veasey (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who is trying to kill his pregnant lover. Inman then decides to desert and go home to Cold Mountain. While lying in the hospital he has letters read to him from Ada. During the raid other Confederate troops open fire killing several Confederates and wounding Inman. The next night, Inman, Swimmer ( Jay Tavare ) and his platoon are sent out to kill surviving Union troops trapped behind the lines. Later that day Oakley dies in the hospital with Inman and Stobrod Thewes (Brendan Gleeson) beside him. As the Confederates are cleaning up after the battle, Inman comforts Oakley as he is pulled to the hospital on a cart. The battle ends with a decisive Confederate victory. Inman shoots the Union soldier with a LeMat revolver he finds and pulls Oakley out of the chaos. ![]() Before Inman can reach him Oakley is bayoneted but survives. The Confederates fire down at them but the fighting becomes hand to hand and Oakley is pulled down in by a Union soldier and Inman goes after him. As the Union charge they run right into the crater where the trench used to be and are trapped in a kill zone. As Inman and Oakley get up dazed from the blast they see Union troops charging at them. The Union lit the barrels and most of the trench exploded. Just as one of the men is about to capture it the ground rises from under him and there is a huge explosion. Suddenly back at the Confederate siege works, a rabbit hops into the trench. But meanwhile Union engineers are filling a mine under the Confederate trenches with gunpowder barrels while above, hundreds of Union troops are waiting to attack. Most are seasoned veterans who have been fighting for over three years. The teenaged Oakley (Lucas Black) is handing out clothes from a wheelbarrow while Inman reads letters from Ada. Confederate troops are entrenched outside Petersburg during its siege. The film opens early in the morning of July 30, 1864. He meets Ada (Nicole Kidman) and is at the fledgling stages of a relationship with her when he marches off to war as a Confederate soldier. Inman at a provincial North Carolina town. At the film's inception Jude Law plays a young man named W. ![]()
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